1440p or 4k - photography + games - 1070 gpu

413x

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So I'm in the market for a new monitor very soon.

For a u2711 and u2410 which may as well drop to one monitor
This probably means 34 inch

4k would be better for photography and could game at 1080 with good scaling

Or could go 1440p which would be less good for photography but 1070 may be able to give me opportunity to game at that res

It's a really hard choice!
 
413x said:
So I'm in the market for a new monitor very soon.

For a u2711 and u2410 which may as well drop to one monitor
This probably means 34 inch

4k would be better for photography and could game at 1080 with good scaling

Or could go 1440p which would be less good for photography but 1070 may be able to give me opportunity to game at that res

It's a really hard choice!
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Unfortunately even on a 4K monitor, you don't get good scaling - even though it's a perfect 4:1 ratio. I thought I'd have the same option with a 4K G-Sync monitor, but 1080P looked quite blurry. After some research, I found the above reason was the cause.

As such, I went back to 1440P (thankfully hadn't sold my monitor!)
 
Im in a similar boat.

Just eyeing up Dell UP2716D £580
IPS
27"
Downside it's only 60hz depending on how intense you game.

The new Dell UltraSharp 27 Monitor with PremierColour offers 100% Adobe RGB and 100% sRGB as well as two new colour spaces: 100% REC 709 and 98% DCI-P3
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EDIT scratch that- apparently QC very poor with these.
 
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So it's better to drive a monitor at its actual res irrespective of the scaling?

That very much points to 1440p I guess
No way I'm paying the gpu grunt to play at 4k

It opens up more monitor options I suppose.
Have to keep away from curved with photography
 
This is a minefield

When I got my old monitors it was pretty obvious what was good.

FYI I've never had a g- sync monitor ever so would rather a better picture than refresh rate
 
I just want to say I tried a 4K monitor for Photography and I generally hated it! everything was way to sharp for my liking and just didn't look right , also you need to look at it like this , most of my work is published to Facebook and Instagram so no point editing in 4k , I've found that my sweet spot for Photography and gaming is 1440p Res. It just so easy on the eyes unlike 4k upclose.

4K TV and if you game at a distance is fantastic but I wouldn't recommend it up close.
 
jasonsony735 said:
I just want to say I tried a 4K monitor for Photography and I generally hated it! everything was way to sharp for my liking and just didn't look right , also you need to look at it like this , most of my work is published to Facebook and Instagram so no point editing in 4k , I've found that my sweet spot for Photography and gaming is 1440p Res. It just so easy on the eyes unlike 4k upclose.

4K TV and if you game at a distance is fantastic but I wouldn't recommend it up close.
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Yeah I'm not a Professional Either. Thanks for the first hand advice.

Ill go for 1440.
There are so many monitors to look at.
I've been advised against curved because it gives a distorted perspective for critical work.
And I favour colour and accuracy over refresh rate. So want an IPS (dunno if VA are as good?)
32in probably as I'll be moving from 2 to 1 monitors

Those are my criteria.
 
413x said:
Yeah I'm not a Professional Either. Thanks for the first hand advice.

Ill go for 1440.
There are so many monitors to look at.
I've been advised against curved because it gives a distorted perspective for critical work.
And I favour colour and accuracy over refresh rate. So want an IPS (dunno if VA are as good?)
32in probably as I'll be moving from 2 to 1 monitors

Those are my criteria.
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What did you go for in the end?

I'm looking at a Dell U2715H with the same requirements.
 
413x said:
Yeah I'm not a Professional Either. Thanks for the first hand advice.

Ill go for 1440.
There are so many monitors to look at.
I've been advised against curved because it gives a distorted perspective for critical work.
And I favour colour and accuracy over refresh rate. So want an IPS (dunno if VA are as good?)
32in probably as I'll be moving from 2 to 1 monitors

Those are my criteria.
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As an X34 owner who uses Photoshop quite a lot, I never found the curve an issue regards perspective. You aren't even aware of it after a short while. If you were an architect perhaps it might be an issue, but not for anything else I really don't think. Actually, having sat in front of a non-curved UW monitor, that actually felt odd... almost as though the edges were going away from me, so I personally think the curve helps. I find it hard to believe anyone who's actually used one of these monitors for a prolonged period of time would actually say distorted perspective was a problem... this sounds like armchair advice from someone who's never actually used one and is making an assumption.

I have recently moved to a 32" LG 32GK850G which is a VA panel, and I am very impressed. Colour accuracy is excellent, very close to IPS, and I have zero bleed which is always going to be an issue with IPS panels to some degree or another, particularly when viewing dark scenes in a dimly lit room. On a bad panel it can be really annoying and distracting.
 
@413x

I've just ordered the U3415W for £599.
Ultrawide, 1440p, IPS, 99% sRGB factory calibrated. 60hz, 5ms
Should tick both boxes for Photo-editing and some non-competitive gaming.
Just hope my desk is deep enough and its not too big.
 
Buddy said:
@413x

I've just ordered the U3415W for £599.
Ultrawide, 1440p, IPS, 99% sRGB factory calibrated. 60hz, 5ms
Should tick both boxes for Photo-editing and some non-competitive gaming.
Just hope my desk is deep enough and its not too big.
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I think that's closest I'll get to what I want at the moment
 
Yeah I'm not bothering now. Cost is too much for little gain
The u2711 will do until it dies
 
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